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reporter: alexandr lukashenko rules belarus like a personal fiefdom, president since its creation in 1994, he brooks little opposition. dubbed europe s last dictator, lukashenko has come to be defined by his fealty to his powerful neighbor, russia s president vladimir putin, transforming belarus into a nearby vassal state. putin used lukashenko and belarus to help launch his 2022 invasion of ukraine, driving tanks over belarus border towards kyiv and using belarusian skies to bomb ukrainians. translator: we will never be enemies of russia, and we will never look disprovingly at russia. this is the country closest to us, the people closest us to. i think that while we re in power, we will stick to this tendency. if it were otherwise, it would be like in ukraine. ....

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